Iconography
GODS AND MYTHS
Historia Troiana / Cycles / Grenier, Pasquier (Tournai tapestries and related drawings) / Drawings by the Coëtivy Master (perhaps models for the tapestries)
Historia Troiana / Cycles / Grenier, Pasquier (Tournai tapestries and related drawings) / Tapestry 9: Penthesilea and Pyrrhus
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / Neoptolemus summoned to lead the Mirmidons / Neoptolemus armed by Ajax and Agamemnon
Historia Troiana / The War of Troy / Main episodes / The Amazons join the Trojans / Priam welcoming Penthesilea
Further details
Left-hand side: Penthesilea welcomed by Priam; centre: Penthesilea fighting in the twenty-first battle; right-hand side: Neoptolemus putting on the armour of his father Achilles
Artist or creator
Date
15th century (late)
Location
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques (inv. RF 2145)
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
A. S. Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1993; J-P. Asselberghs, Les Tapisseries Tournaisiennes de la Guerre de Troie, Brussels 1972.
Rights and Permissions
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation
Contact
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